What are Best Practices when Addressing Students Who Have Substance Use Issues?

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cityu.schoolAlbright School of Education
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorCordeiro, Sean
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-05T23:12:28Z
dc.date.available2017-01-05T23:12:28Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractResearch shows that progressive discipline creates a positive school culture and supports students who are in violation of school drug and alcohol policies to reach their full potential by pairing inappropriate behaviour with appropriate consequences. There is little research available to show that zero tolerance policies meet either of these goals by applying the same punitive consequence to any student who violates the policy regardless of gravity of behavior, mitigating circumstances or situational context. When making school drug and alcohol policy dislocation theory and the transtheoretical model (TTM) should be considered. This paper includes a review of literature relating to best practices in relation to discipline and behavioral interventions for students who have substance use issues. It looks at different theoretical models such as TTM, dislocation theory, zero tolerance and progressive discipline. This capstone also documents the importance of considering TTM and dislocation theory when providing behavior interventions to students who use substances. It investigates what school districts are currently doing on local, national and international levels when dealing with students who are in violation of the school drug and alcohol policy and examines what the research says about the drug and alcohol policies school districts are currently using. Lastly, this paper uses the research to consider what are best practices in relation to discipline and behavioural interventions for students who have substance use issues.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/623
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectprogressive discipline
dc.subjectschool drug and alcohol policies
dc.subjecttranstheoretical model
dc.subjectsubstance abuse by youth
dc.subject.lcshYouth--Substance use--Prevention
dc.subject.lcshSchool management and organization
dc.subject.lcshSchool discipline
dc.titleWhat are Best Practices when Addressing Students Who Have Substance Use Issues?
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineLeadership
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education
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